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This forum is all about sharing your ideas and plans for celebrating IYC 2011. Ideas are just ideas! They might lead to nothing more or they might bloom into something exciting – up to you! You can just post simple suggestions, you can start a discussion and seek comments, or you can post a request for collaboration with other members of the IYC network. You can also just browse and search the forum to see what others are thinking about and add your comments.
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Chemistry beyond!
Collaboration
Martin barasa Maniafu | added on Mar 21, 2011
Creating interest in Chemistry at high school level
| Topic: | engaging the youth, presentations, science fair | Audience: | high schools, secondary schools, teachers, educators |
Screaming Jellybabies!
Suggestion
Matthew Burnett | added on Mar 18, 2011
One of the most exciting, easy to understand experiments!
| Topic: | hands-on activities, engaging the youth, experiments | Audience: | secondary schools, high schools, teachers, primary schools, educators, school children |
Humanity, cooperation and chemistry
Collaboration
Patricia Carabelli | added on Mar 15, 2011
Discussion of actual problem that Japan is facing, thinking about ways of cooperating with japaneses people, thinking about the importance of safety and caring for others in life, discussing the imperfectness of things and how to think them over, face them, the responsability of scientists and all towards humankind.
| Topic: | environment | Audience: | general public, students, secondary schools, scientists, high schools, teachers, educators, professional chemists, decision makers |
I propose to select the best entries under the IYC activities and events in web site and present awards to the selected National Secretariat at the nd of the year.
Suggestion
N.M. Sanjaya Hettigedara | added on Mar 13, 2011
This activity will encourage more participation by the National Secretariats in information dissemination on IYC activities 2011.
A Celebration of Chemistry
Suggestion
Katherine Stein | added on Mar 09, 2011
I am planning on inviting a 5th grade class to the high school for a "Celebration of Chemistry" Party. We will be doing lab activities around a party theme (balloons, candles, fireworks....).
| Topic: | hands-on activities, engaging the youth, experiments, play | Audience: | students, secondary schools, school children, educators |
